What happens if hopkins switches geers with dawson??

[KnockUTheFukOut]

Dawson is going to be very hard to beat for B-Hop, especially at that age

even a few years ago when Dawson was calling him out, always thought Dawson was a BAD MATCH UP for B-Hop Stylistically

Physically...it is nothing Dawson CAN'T DO...Mentally is were B-Hop will have to beat him to get that win

now this truly could be a Terry Norris vs Ray Leonard type situation, I think Dawson beats B-Hop by SD or UD

[gatorDelux]

If B-hop mixes it up,(boxing & applying pressure), Dawson is toast. But B-Hop cannot fight at that slow pace that he likes so much, That's Dawson country. Dawson wants a slow paced tactical match. He has the advantages in 1. But if B-Hop mixes it up, Dawsosn will get confused & frusterated. B-Hop's stamina is on point, he's just a slow started. dawson fights at a slow pace period, speed it up & slow it down & he's done.

kind of what i was thinking too

i think he should be trying to get into chads head too

[sdcluser]

like fight agressivly like the old mw brawler hopkins thenswithc gears and box

would this keep him guessing

would it work???

should he box or pressure dawson

is he too old to pressure for teh whole 12????

anyone have a prediction or thoughts about tactics for this one>?????

BHop is gonna do the same he's been doing. Why the hell would he change now?!

If you gots a great ****ing BBQ recipe (say a juicy pull pork) that wins over and over again for decade in a competition, would you change it all of sudden?? HELL NO.

[Boxingwizard]

This is funny since you basically contradicted yourself. You said you hope hopkins performs well, which would give Dawson 100% credit if he wins and age wouldn't be an excuse. Yet here you clearly state he's 46 years old and can't do the things he once did before.

Anyways, I think he will fight more aggressive similar to how he fought Pascal. He'll never be able to be the old MW brawler because of his age, but he can still be the aggressor.

What I meant was I don't want Hopkins aging overnight where he looks shot. I want Hopkins to be at the level when he fought Pavlik or Pascal at least.

He can fight at a high level but nowhere near the boxer he was in his prime. I've noticed Hopkins started slipping when he fought Howard Eastman in 2005, he later lost to Taylor twice that same year. Probably his body couldn't sustain being a MW anymore. Against Calzaghe, Hopkins couldn't even get off he was being overwhelmed by Calzaghe's workrate.

[Pullcounter]

dawson lost to pascal and all pascal was doing was flurrying and then running. Hopkins can do that easy.